Integrated Manufacturing

Although all our services are available ala carte, we highly recommend our fully integrated manufacturing offerings.  To learn more about each of our individual services:


The benefits of integrated manufacturing
 

Layout, Fabrication, Assembly, and Metal Fabrication

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Cycle Time Reduction

Components of delay:  coordinating multiple suppliers:  multiple purchase requisitions and orders, coordinating technical questions between design, fabrication, and assembly.  Waiting for a PCB layout to be complete enough to get a fabrication and assembly quote.  You get a quote for fabrication and assembly at the same time you get the PCB layout quote.  Very important when dealing with turnkey assembly and long lead time parts.  We can begin purchasing long lead time parts at the same time the PCB layout is just starting.  Without integration, it might be weeks before you can issue a PO for the assembly portion.
   

COST REDUCTION

Reduce mistakes, rework, and failed products by leveraging our collective knowledge throughout the design and manufacturing process to avoid costly mistakes our customers make on a daily basis: wrong component footprints, and expensive manufacturing costs due to incorrect design rules.
   

SUPERIOR QUALITY

Design, Fabrication, and assembly are typically accomplished amongst three different groups, none of which fully understand the upstream or downstream processes and challenges.  With integrated manufacturing, each of the departments learns from others.  Hughes Circuits understands the effects of certain design techniques, the consequences of particular manufacturing processes on assembly, and how to ensure high reliability in assembly given the printed circuit board.

 

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Facility

  • Networked Computer System with RAID storage and redundant internet connections
  • 55 Workstation Computers

 

Software

  • 2 Aegis CircuitCAM
  • ECi M1 ERP

 

SMT Equipment

  • 2 MPM UP1500, SMT Printers
  • 2 DEK Neohorizon 03ix, SMT Printers
  • Cyberoptics SE500 II, 3d Solder Paste Inspection
  • Cyberoptics SE600, 3d Solder Paste Inspection
  • MY300 DX, Mycronic (Pick and Place)
  • My100 sxe, Mycronic (Pick and Place) 
  • My12, Mycronic (Pick and Place)
  • My9, Mycronic (Pick and Place)
  • 2 Heller 1809 MK III, 9 zones / 350c max (Reflow Oven)
  • Heller 1809 MK V, 9 zones / 350c max (Reflow Oven)
  • ASSCON VP6000 (Vapor Phase Reflow Oven)

 

Thru-Hole Equipment

  • 10 Innoscopes IM-32A (up to 40x microscopes)
  • 10 Metcal MX-5200 (smart heat soldering irons)
  • 2 Metcal Scorpion (hot air rework station) (with top and bottom heat profiling)
  • 2 Nordson K.I.S.S.-103 (selective soldering machine)
  • AirVac Solder Fountain (leaded) (temperature controlled)
  • AirVac Solder Fountain (leaded-free) (temperature controlled)

 

Cleaning Equipment

  • AKS Typhoon (temp controlled pressure washer)
  • Mini-Max (pressurized steam cleaner)
  • OPTIMA SEII (pressurized steam cleaner)
  • Aqueous Zero Ion (ionic contamination tester)

 

Inspection Equipment

  • Glenbrook Jewel Box 70-T 2d X-ray
  • Nikon XTV-160 3d X-Ray
  • 1 Mirtec 2d AOI
  • 2 Mirtec 3d AOI 

 

Electrical Test

  • SPEA 4060 s2 Automatic Flying Probe (flying probe tester)
  • GenRad Production Test (electrical tester)
  • Seica S20 (flying probe tester)
  • LR (Ransco) 926-D-1-1-0-0 (environmental stress screening)

 

Other Equipment

  • Creator 3 FlashForge 3d printer
  • Komax Kappa 310 (automated wire stripper, cutter)
  • Schmidt Press (swage/press-fit press)
  • Nidex WTT-200
  • 2 Dr-Storage (Dry Boxes) 36"x36" & 30"x25"
  • FKN 100 (router to depanel PCBs with mouse bites)
  • Maestro 4s (V-score depanelizer)
  • 2 I&J Fisner JB1113-LF (adhesive dispenser)
  • Nidex WTT-200 (pull tester)

  

Facility

  • Networked Computer System with RAID storage and redundant internet connections
  • Layout Workstation Computers

 

Software

  • Mentor Graphics PADS / PADS Flow /
  • Mentor Graphics xDX Designer
  • PADS Logic
  • LP Wizard
  • Cadence Allegro
  • Spectra Router
  • Altium Designer
  • AutoCAD, Autodesk
  • Solidworks, Dassault Systems
  • DraftSight, Dassault Systems
  • Polar Instruments SI9000/Speed Stack - Impedance calculator

 

Facility

  • Incoming Water Deionization Treatment
  • Outgoing Water Treatment System
  • Centralized Vacuum
  • Centralized Compressed Air
  • Networked Computer System with RAID storage and redundant internet connections
  • Workstation Computers & Servers

 

Engineering

  • 12 Pentalogix CAM Master, Probe Master, Rout Master, View Master Plus)
  • 11 Frontline GenFlex (Genesis with Flex Options)
  • 9 Frontline InCAM Pro (Flex version)
  • 2 Frontline InSight
  • Tektronics TDR Impedance
  • Multiple proprietary Impedance calculators
  • Polar Si9000 with Speedstack Si
  • ERP Bacon Software (JQS, JTS, JIS, Track)
  • TrueChem

 

Imaging

  • Orbotech Nuvogo 780XL Laser Direct Imaging (LDI) 
  • Orbotech Paragon 8800hi Laser Direct Imaging (LDI) 
  • Orbotech 9008 Laser photoplotter
  • Orbotech Dimension AOI
  • Orbotech Fusion 22 AOI
  • Hukto CLS 1500B Inner layer cut sheet laminator
  • 3 DuPont hot roll laminators
  • Tacky roller debris remover
  • Colight 1330 Exposure Systems with Precision Artwork Frames
  • Chemcut Horizontal Chemical Clean Line
  • Chemcut Xli horizontal developer with automatic controls
  • Chemcut 2000 horizontal cupric chloride etcher with automatic controls
  • Chemcut Xli horizontal ammonia alkaline etcher with automatic controls
  • Chemcut 2000 horizontal solder stripper
  • Chemcut horizontal resist stripline

 

Lamination

  • Cobrabond alternative oxide line
  • 2 OEM Press Systems, 6 opening vacuum lamination presses
  • OEM Press Systems, 6 opening cool down press
  • Caul plate cleaner
  • Cleanroom layup area
  • Darwin environmental storage unit
  • SPX Blue M environmental storage unit

 

Drilling / Routing

  • Pluritec Inspecta Combo HPL (X-ray vision drill machine)
  • Pluritec Multistation EVO 2s High-Speed drill and rout
  • 2 Excellon Cobra Laser Drill / Rout machine UV/co2
  • Excellon 129 Intelli-Drill (High-Speed Spindle with Vision System)
  • Excellon 689 (six spindle machine)
  • 2 Excellon HS-1L-DS Precision Drilling
  • 5 Excellon Uniline 2000 drilling machine
  • Excellon Concept 1 drilling machine
  • 3 Excellon EX-300 rout machine
  • AccuScore AS-200 scoring machine
  • 2 HAAS VF2 (VF2YT) Vertical Machining machines for heavy copper, aluminum boards, and custom tooling
  • HAAS VF-4 Vertical Machining
  • Randol bevel master
  • 2 Drill Presses

 

Metalization

  • IPS horizontal Shadow Direct Metalization Line
  • 4 High Aspect Ratio Acid Copper Plating Baths
  • Solder plating bath
  • Tin plating bath
  • 2 Plasma Systems Etchback/Desmear
  • NTO-1824LF Hot Air Solder Level (HASL)
  • Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold Line & Immersion Palladium
  • Electrolytic Nickel Soft Gold & Hard Gold line
  • Immersion Silver line
  • Immersion Tin line

 

Soldermask / Legend

  • Orbotech Sprint 200 Inkjet Legend Printer
  • 2 screen tables
  • Colight 1630 kW. exposure systems
  • Chemcut 2000 horizontal LPI Soldermask developer & controller unit
  • Argus 9524S Spray LPI coater
  • Argus IR tunnel oven
  • Colight UVDS2 UV Cure system
  • Vacuum Laminator

 

Electrical Test / Inspection

  • 3 Microcraft High-Speed Flying Probe
  • GCA MicroSpeed
  • Micro-Vu Video Measurement System (18"24")
  • CMI XRF plating measurement system
  • Assorted measuring gages & inspection devices

 

Equipment Article Count:  4

Through investment in the latest technology software and equipment we are able to reduce cycle time, increase yields, and build higher technology product at competitive prices.  Below is an outline of some of the equipment and technology that has made Hughes Circuits a service and technology leader.

Equipment Specifics

Equipment Specifics Article Count:  3

Below are a few facts & overviews about some of the specific equipment that we use. 

 

Equipment lists by division: Layout - Fabrication - Metal Fabrication - Assembly

Metal Fabrication Article Count:  3

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